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New Zealand Hoki Quota Owners Proactively Choosing to Reduce Catch

5:00PM Wednesday Sep 26, 2018

Quota owners in the New Zealand hoki fishing industry have announced today they have proactively chosen to reduce the amount of hoki they will catch next year, in response to changing patterns they are observing in one of the five hoki fishing grounds.

The head of fishing company, Sanford says Greenpeace should be supporting,not attacking an industry that is investing to ensure we have the best technology, monitoring and research available on our fisheries.

Sanford CEO Volker Kuntzsch says unscientific and historic data relating to the commercial fishery, like that in the University of British Columbia report released today, is disappointing and distracts from a genuine discussion around the future management of our fisheries.

Media Release Hauraki Gulf - Issued 12 January 2016

Tuesday Jan 12, 2016

Fishing company Sanford (NZX:SAN) says it will be in discussions with the Government around its concerns with the proposed new Hauraki Gulf Recreational Fishing Park outlined in a White Paper released by the Government today.

Sanford offers to stop fishing in Hauraki Gulf

Wednesday Oct 28, 2015

One of the largest fishers in the Hauraki Gulf says it’s prepared to stop all commercial fishing in the area if everyone who ‘throws a line in’ to the country’s most popular fishery records and reports what they are catching.

Rob McLeod Joins Sanford Board

Tuesday Oct 6, 2015

Sanford Limited – New Zealand’s largest fishing and aquaculture company – is very pleased to announce that Mr Rob McLeod (Chairman of Ernst & Young New Zealand) has accepted an invitation to join its Board of Directors effective 1 January 2016.

The increasing focus on adding more value to its quota portfolio has prompted Sanford to invest in a freezer trawler with superior capability and capacity as well as processing flexibility. The F/V Granit, a 67m vessel currently operating in Norway, is eminently well suited to New Zealand conditions and for Southern Ocean operations.

SANFORD LIMITED REFOCUSES ITS AUSTRALIAN OPERATION

Thursday Sep 24, 2015

Sanford Limited advises that due to the limited quota holding in Australia and the lack of economies of scale in fishing in the Great Australian Bight it was decided to take a NZD6.5 million non-cash impairment of that asset.

Sanford Confirms Pacific Tuna Vessel Sale (San Namumea)

Tuesday Sep 1, 2015

As part of an ongoing strategic review of its business, Sanford management reviewed the viability of the Company’s Pacific Tuna business. Continuing unsatisfactory returns driven by low prices and the strict commodity nature of skipjack tuna coupled with ever increasing access costs to the fishery, resulted in the decision to exit this business and offer the vessels for sale.

Fishing Companies Launch New Vessel Monitoring System

Friday Aug 14, 2015

Fishing companies, Aotearoa Fisheries, Sanford and Leigh Fish are stepping up their efforts to bring greater transparency into the inshore fleet. They are some of the first companies to commit to fitting vessel monitoring systems (VMS) on all trawlers within their fleets operating on the east coast of the North Island from the Far North to the bottom of the Bay of Plenty.

Sanford will be combining its South Island mussel volumes at the Havelock site. “The final decision to close has been a difficult one due to the number of staff impacted, however given the outlook of reduced Greenshell mussel crop supply in the short to medium term, the Company needs one South Island location working efficiently at capacity, rather than two impacted by uncertain supply,” said Volker Kuntzsch.